TV reporter trapped in Taal volcano crater, rescued after 5 hours
A radio report quoted Lt. Commander Troy Cornelio, chief of the Philippine Coast Guard-Batangas, as identifying the TV reporter as Joshua Garcia of the Global News Network (GNN).
Cornelio said Garcia and his crew sought his office's permission at about 10 a.m. to trek through communities in the vicinity of the volcano to check up on Barangay Tabla and interview its residents.
The Coast Guard chief granted the TV crew's request. Cornelio, however, was unaware that Garcia was planning to go further into the volcano.
Authorities said Garcia later descended into the volcano's crater, but could not climb back up due to the crater's steepness.
Alerted, Coast Guard officials rushed to the crater and carried out a rescue operation.
Five hours later, an exhausted Garcia emerged from the crater with only minor scratches.
Territorial jurisdiction of the island volcano is shared by the towns of Talisay and San Nicolas, both in Batangas province. A volcanic Alert Level 2 is currently in place on the island due to increased volcanic activity in the last two weeks.
The GNN is a Philippines-based news and information channel operated by Global Destiny Cable.—Mark D. Merueñas/JV, GMANews.TV
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NDCC: 649 flee from restive Taal volcano
The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said the evacuees received food assistance from the appropriate disaster management agencies.
"A total of 137 families or 649 persons voluntarily evacuated. Evacuees came from the municipalities of San Nicolas and Balete," NDCC said in a June 16 update posted on its website Thursday evening.
It added the evacuees from San Nicolas town stayed at the San Nicolas Public Market while those from Balete stayed with relatives in Looc village.
According to the NDCC, the town disaster coordinating councils provided food assistance to the evacuees.
The alert level for Taal remained at "2," meaning the volcano is undergoing magmatic intrusion that can lead to an eruption.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which raised the alert level to "2" last June 8, reminded the public Taal's main crater remains off-limits to the public due to steam-driven explosions that may suddnely occur, or high concentrations of toxic gases may accumulate. - KBK, GMANews.TV
Thu 17 June 2010 | 12:58 GMT
The local seismological service reported registering dozens of tremors within the area in the past 24 hours.
Russia's northern most active volcano is churning out ash to a height of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) in the country's Far East, the local geophysics service said on Thursday.
The 3,283-meter (10,771-foot) Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula last erupted in December 2006 and has been active ever since with the volcano spewing out gas and ash up to 8,000 meters (26,000 feet).
The local seismological service reported registering dozens of tremors within the area in the past 24 hours.
According to specialists, the volcanic activity over the past two-three years has significantly altered the contour of the volcano with the crater increasing in size by 50% and the slopes becoming far steeper than previously.
Although the current eruption poses no immediate threat to nearby settlements, the ensuing ash fallouts could be hazardous to health and the environment.
The clouds of volcanic ash could also pose threat to air traffic because the tiny particles cause problems with aircraft engine turbines.
The eruption on the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier in Iceland, which began April 14, paralyzed air traffic throughout central and northern Europe, leaving thousands of travelers stranded and forcing more than 20 European countries to close their airspace.
RIA Novosti
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